A PART-TIME cleaner from Southampton has hit the Bingo jackpot winning more than £101,000.
Jill White, 66, from Bitterne, says she will not give up her part-time cleaning job because it funds her twice-weekly trips to bingo.
Jill joined Mecca Bingo in Portswood when it opened 35 years ago. Last Wednesday she won the National Bingo Game prize of £100,000, plus the regional prize of £1,000 and the house prize of £76.
The national game is won somewhere in the UK every weeknight - but Jill's win is the biggest players at Portswood Mecca have seen in five years.
She has promised to spend some of the cash on a fishing boat for her husband Michael, a 68-year-old part-time taxi driver. The couple have two daughters, a son and 13 grandchildren, all living in Southampton.
Jill, who won a £1,006 regional prize at Mecca in April, said: "When my husband came to pick us up from the club, my daughter, who I'd been playing bingo with, told him I'd won again.
"He thought we meant another £1,000. When I told him it was £100,000 he went into shock and my daughter had to drive us home."
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article